A Gentleman at Heart

A Gentleman at Heart is a 1942 romantic comedy film starring Cesar Romero, Carole Landis, and Milton Berle. A bookie acquires an interest in an art gallery.

Trying to impress Helen, Tony buys a Rembrandt from Claire Barrington Rose Hobart for 20,000, only to have the gallerys art expert, Appleby Francis Pierlot, unmask the painting as a very good fake. Tony confronts Claire and Gigi J. Carrol Naish, the forger, and retrieves his money. Then he has an idea. Helen had told him about a missing Velasquez, Two Children in the Court. Tony gets Gigi to paint a copy. He then presents it to a thrilled Helen to sell at an auction at the gallery.Tony becomes concerned when government buyer Finchley enters the bidding. He orders Lucky to buy the painting, but Helen stops him, and Finchley gets the work for 84,000. Further complications arise when Stewart returns from his trip with Don Fernando Steven Geray and the genuine painting. After Lucky kidnaps Don Fernando, a worried Tony buys the work for 100,000, then switches it with Gigis forgery, only to have the government expert dismiss it as a bad copy. Helen insists that other experts be brought in. While they wait, Tony confesses the truth to her. Meanwhile, Gigi substitutes his much better forgery, and the new experts are satisfied it is genuine. To show Helen that he is not in it for the money anymore, Tony donates it to the government free of charge. ........

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